Theory Explains How Every ‘Black Mirror’ Episode Is Connected

While Brooker himself claims the episodes aren’t all connected, some eagle eyed viewers have spotted a number of clues that make it look pretty likely they all take place in the same reality, reports The Hook.

A fair few easter eggs and connections linking back to other episodes have been spotted across the three seasons, and – although there’s probably a few more out there – these are some of the biggest…

Prime Minister Michael Callow

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How can anyone forget the fate of our beloved PM – no not Dave, although the coincidence is too spooky…

Callow was the protagonist in ‘iconic’ episode, The National Anthem, when he wasforced to have sex with a pig live on TV in order to save Princess Susannah from a kidnapper.

In the later episode Shut Up And Dance, one of the disgraced journalists is looking at a website where – if you look closely – you’ll see a reference to the disintegration of Callow’s marriage.

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It doesn’t end there – in recent episode Nosedive, one of his tweets can be seen on Lacie’s feed. It says ‘Just got thrown out of the zoo. Again!’ Nice.

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The Tillsdale fire enquiry

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This event has been referenced in two different episodes – both when news reports have been featured.

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It appears on the news ticker going across the bottom of the screen in both The National Anthem and The Waldo Moment – although we haven’t found out what the Tillsdale fire was yet…

Repeat references

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The game show – featured in 15 Million Merits where Jessica Brown Findlay entered a talent contest to escape the grim, advert riddled, dystopian future – crops up in other episodes too.

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It features on the same news website that talked about Prime Minister Callow earlier, and you can also catch a glimpse of Findlay’s image on a billboard in the episode The Waldo Moment.

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In the same newspaper there’s also a reference to the trial of Victoria Skillane – the woman whose punishment for her role in a crime is to relive constant torment in the episode White Bear.

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On top of all this, the TV news channel UKN features in almost every episode and several episodes all feature the song used by Jessica Brown Findlay in 15 Million Merits – Anyone who knows what love is by Irma Thomas.